Wentworth Military Academy - Yearbook (Lexington, MO)

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SillM EIBHTEBI EIBHXlf Oneaf ifea chiisF reasons why Wenlwcrfh h t b ?en abl to acfrfei iti lofty purpsJfrS i« fi in the tact that ike AMdaniy Ml bean uh ' df oiiEf ' cdiiftr i -f - jhi- For nsffdy ttirifl-stof yaarfi;. CoLonel Sftn?tfoticl Sellars,- WPi pfissJcteht erf W5PtiiV(Hih, He @rT|G -5d oraft of fte mpeifc enviiiiblB recopdis tn fti« hl toiry of ArTwrican aducfltion. Tha Academy v as faundfd by Stephen G. Wefitwo lh. H km Cif a di5l-ir igUi5hied En9lish iamily and prgminsn} WSIHam Wisrriworfh. Mf Wep+wortli inimgdiAtsfv v sAw a tril1|l lr tiip handa of -a board of trusfaea- jcllipri edited fe ' fte new ichonl in 1 fif t V F ftf r mijined aiits ' attl tiQad larttil |.93fl. Mr. Wentwortfi- tef -president of Iho-fiodu ' 1t I H. tfl 1 l - H wa he firm ccfiv[c ion of thgi fd Under, hi boord of tr f5t 64 flfid Prftsfdent Sel ' ea hj?t « militdrj .bpdrdmQ school men tk-s fhareu k m-finlfll, mofd rid |E tiysi€al framing nocas- iary to de ' arDp in thflm fhe h]gh«+4tiai.ts cf itianhqtpd .Thu , Wantworti bsidrrn? thft fsrst miG+dfy- Khdol Tfi tlift Mii 6uri From he beginnin-g tho- rfii Rplrs«iBr+ Sellers surroundad hirtrelf wi+h Fift Wsit fai3tltfV ' ' ii TtStt{ft — strong, man of proy ;d q!i r|1jB..-imd Chri i-on chd acr jf, Utidjar hit wl ;3t lo wflrd-loolimg dlrec+ron. W fihvor+h l aa qrawn - l adfly fach year sho n marked iinnprDv m-Bnl ' ovi r the pflvf ic ecTii fl-Ho ' rtl in. +!+L-+ Dr ' ; of dlij- Country — i tpnd to none In the oppartunltiss it cfffifi buys ind ytung rrr n for thprgygh pd- pvralitici fi r |; ira[iB ' j$d . buiinass and for llfow.

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Hisxaau BACEBHDUND TfifciifijhoutQv ' ' halts cet hfr SVpntwtjrJb pur- pose has retYi4in$d unchanged. Tha iid ls-whk:li 1 i stisaJi y fowarJ, shme jMst as brigliPly o -ay ai gysr; the ffssire to givfi sack yp.w+ti ev ry eppor- .-fhe flini H af every cfldef: ll ;i a oiP -a :l5«rt-36Hafi dufy flfid noip nsibility, both to himsalF and fwaitl ■ottj j.thBt m sliftll hflv Hie menbl and mar l P Ji - victiorts. full and tqntmupufi pplicijtten, iJ hm bom found n-eceraory to fimst the enrDl ' rMi=r-h Wt nlw rlh -ndnv [j a r«[dtiw«|y small icKgol — many tiin larger ttign in IS80, b« uji i smalt wvptigh fy jf TK surroufidi ' Tig toun+ry a+foTtlE a wsalih i f hN- urically irnpKJrtant Civil War sites ar d ttw; town pf Lejtmqtoii ' rfspH ratams mijjfLh .of the -tj f iif- ■vH r.. uth. Hera enthuriiicsei oiF cp Cuunitry S ' .rbu - :.:|i|!jpibwd with tfct eM+tii :- 4[ snl ftHrj cKi ri m tmM.jfffm Hre rep W de- ■ i- WtopiIIBfir. inr Hip. ' Dp|{r . li||[iCLVQf 1 1 Noti ifct oim Ml t» t tap ql jti -fint Tho m ' xJerr, prDsperous litHe tity of Ltxing- +on is 41 TTiiies fnom idiri s City. Th« Heart by Wn, TT ' t. ' - ar, bus and jir all th desfr- able cultural flQv ntages of a large city wrth tri afty- iKi Ml